Pours a deep rich mahogany-like purple. Almost a plum color. The cherry aroma emanates. It tastes like cherries, but with enough tartness to balance some of the sweetness. It is very sweet though. A very good dessert beer, but not sure I'd like this if it opened my night.

A- Pours a reddish medium brown color with a 3/4 inch pinkish off-white head that retains well before becoming a thin ring around the edge of the glass and some streaks of sheer surface foam. Sticky sheet of lacing.

S- Huge fresh raspberry aroma.

T- Just straight sweet raspberry but not in a cough syrupy way. Slight tartness but really just a thick raspberry soda.

M- Tangy with medium carbonation and a lightish body.

O- This beer works best two ways: paired with chocolate or used as a cocktail mixer. On its own, only 4-6 oz is tolerable at a time. Just too sweet and very one-note.

This New Glarus offering redefines the word beer for me as the Belgian Red is basically a cider like wine. They use over a pound of cherries per bottle to give it that deep red hue, significant carbonation, a full-bodied sweetness, yet a balanced tart finish that leaves you wanting more.

Pours from the bottle a lovely hazy red with an off-white head that leaves spotty lacing.
Nice aroma! Cherry and dark berries hit my nostrils with a nice bit of funk.
Taste is tart cherry all over but with a hint of sweetness and that underlying bit of nice funkiness.
Mouthfeel is smooth and bubbly.
Damn this is excellent, palate-cleansing goodness.

Pours a burguny red, with a large amount of foamy white head. Smell is strong on dark cherries, some strawberry and light fruit. Taste is super fruity, lots of cherry, raspberry and some cranberry; slightly tart. Very little carbonation, medium mouthfeel. Excellent fruit beer, just tastes like I'm drinking juice. Well done.

A - Beer pours a 1 finger high frothy/sudsy head that a dissipates quickly to nothing. The head is off white in color, while it lasts. Beer itself is garnet in color and clear in appearance with moderate carbonation rising at a moderate pace towards the surface. 4/5

S - Aroma is very strong on the cherry front, almost medicinal (somewhat reminds me of cherry flavored Nyquil). Very sweet and syrupy aroma. Somewhat of a malty/white bready base along with an herbal hop undertone. Candy sweetness throughout. 4/5

T - Sweet dark stone fruit and raspberry jam hits me straight away which transitions into the tartness of the cherries. A moderate malty undertone is present throughout the first third of the sip. Somewhat of an earthy middle which transitions to an herbal hop finish to this beer along with a tart cherry tartness that cleanses the palate of the herbal hop and its associated bitterness. 4.25/5

M - Carbonation tickle up front reminds me of a soda pop fizziness. Wheat provides a nice smoothness to the remainder of the sip. Light to medium in body, crisp and slightly drying on the back end. 4.5/5

O - Interesting Belgian Red here with a huge concentration on tart cherries. There is some sweetness that balances out the tartness but the tartness does override the sweetness for the most part. Transitions between flavors are stark and obvious, allowing for this beer to be approachable and not overly complicated. A bit too much like cherry Nyquil or cough drops to warrant anything higher than a 4 overall from me. 4/5

Finally got around to buying this, and I was not disappointed. It actually reminded me a lot of Very Cherry, which used to be a sparkling, non-alcoholic drink made by Von Stiehl Winery in Algoma, Wis that I used to enjoy as a kid. You can't taste the alcohol but you can definitely taste the cherry.

I really liked this beer until I got halfway through my glass. Its great fruit beer but its very very sweet. Starts to coat the back of your throat like when you ate too much candy on halloween as a kid. Very jammy, tons of cherry in this, basically its like drinking a liquid cherry Jolly Rancher. There is a good amount of tart cherry in this beer I just wish it was less sweet.

Everyone knows this is a fruit beer. The wheat however comes through kind of like a crispy Belgian waffle, if you can imagine that. There's a grainy, savory undertone that balances the sweet tartness of the cherry, which is not an artificial candy sort of cherry, and it comes off like a home-made cherry compote for the waffle.

This was quite the unique beer. Pours a raspberry like red, with an off white/red head. Great smell to this beer, fresh jam, sweet, and a tad bit tart to the nose. The taste was full of fruit flavors. Fresh cherries, Raspberry jam, not tart at all. Almost tastes like a cherry jolly rancher.. A nice amount of carbonation and fizz in this. A great fruit beer, would make the perfect summer drink!

Had a friend bring this by for a bottle share. Amazing. Easily the best fruit beer I've ever had. It was like drinking cherry juice, but not overly sweet, and definitely not fake tasting at all. I wish I could drink this regularly.

T: Huge sweet cherry flavor that is followed by an estery light sourness.

M: Medium-light bodied with moderate carbonation. The beer has a mild acidity.

O: The sweet cherry aroma and flavor overpowers the tart sourness. While tasty, the flavor leans a little too far toward cherry juice and needs to bring out other complimentary components, such as the wood and light sourness.

liked this quite a bit more than Serendipity. Appearance is dark red. smell is lots of cherry. Taste is sweet cherry followed by a slight tartness, not overly sweet like i thought Serendipity was. medium mouthfeel, really smooth and easy to drink. great fruit beer.

I do enjoy a good fruit beer and in my opinion this is one of the best. Super fruit forward. Beautiful red color in the glass. Tasted like jolly ranchers. Or gogurt. for those without kids gogurts are those yogurts that come in a lil tubes you buy for your kids but steal one while there at school. Hahahahaha yup taste just like those. Very fruity. Easy drinking exceptional brew. Loved it.

Pours a glowing ruby red. Has aroma of cherries and a funkyness I assume is the Belgian yeast. Flavor is pretty awesome. Huge cherry flavor, a little Belgian yeast presence and a nice tartness. Not sour but tart. Very clean mouthfeel and super smooth. This is a delicious beer

A: New Glarus, I am appealing to your better senses: STOP it with the wax. It is thin and cheap looking, melts in your hand, crumbles when you open it, falls into your glass when pouring, and is generally a bad idea. Please stop. Anywho, the beer is a beautiful clear ruby-brown, red-tinged fine head, good lace.

S & T: Smell is red fruit- tons of cherry, some apple, and more than a hint of cinnamon. Flavor follows, real cherries, although it comes across more as something like a Rainier cherry. Sweeter than a cherry, but not cloying or artificial. Fleshy.

M: Medium body, refreshing.

O: Hand down the most realistic fruit flavor I've ever had in a beer. I like the cinnamon spice on the nose- not sure where it came from, but I liked it. Easy to enjoy, simple flavor profile, but I'm sure not a simple process to make such a great brew.